Thanks for posting this, you're an inspiration and I thank you for all the work you've done. It's great to hear a story from someone who was there at the beginning. Don't worry about deciding not to leave your CPU on because the noise bothered you, I first heard about it at the start of 2010 and dismissed it entirely for three years! Sorry to hear about the disease. You're right to be comfortable with your legacy, it's a great one.

Thank you Hal, for helping kickstart this thing.Regarding your personal struggle, congratulation on pushing forward - it might slow down your coding a lot, but might as well be a hell of a growth experience.

When Satoshi announced the first release of the software, I grabbed it right away. I think I was the first person besides Satoshi to run bitcoin. I mined block 70-something, and I was the recipient of the first bitcoin transaction, when Satoshi sent ten coins to me as a test. I carried on an email conversation with Satoshi over the next few days, mostly me reporting bugs and him fixing them.

is it possible that you post some of your emails with satoshi? would be very interesting for alot of people to read that.

Great story. Sending some prayers your way for continued health and strength. Your attitude is so inspirational. Life throws us unexpected things for sure. The true test of a Man is how he handles the trials and it appears you are triumphant.